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Apache Dubbo vs Contiv: What are the differences?
What is Apache Dubbo? A high performance Java RPC framework. It is a high-performance, light weight, java based RPC framework. Dubbo offers three key functionalities, which include interface based remote call, fault tolerance & load balancing, and automatic service registration & discovery.
What is Contiv? An Open Source Container Networking. It is a powerful, 100% open source networking solution for modern compute workloads. Integration and support for VM’s and Bare Metal allow you to provide a single network fabric across your infrastructure.
Apache Dubbo belongs to "Remote Procedure Call (RPC)" category of the tech stack, while Contiv can be primarily classified under "Container Tools".
Some of the features offered by Apache Dubbo are:
- Transparent interface based RPC
- Intelligent load balancing
- Automatic service registration and discovery
On the other hand, Contiv provides the following key features:
- Rich Policy Framework
- Multi-Platforms
- Multi-Infrastructure
Apache Dubbo and Contiv are both open source tools. It seems that Apache Dubbo with 30.1K GitHub stars and 19.8K forks on GitHub has more adoption than Contiv with 458 GitHub stars and 170 GitHub forks.
